Coin weighing and counting machine.



No. 690,876. Patented Jan. 7, I902.

- C. W. REEVES.

COIN WEIGHING AND COUNTING MACHINE.

(Application filed Apr. 4, 1901.)

(No Model.) a

UNITED STaTns PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES \V. REEVES, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

COIN WEIGHING AND COUNTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 690,876, dated January7, 1.902.

Application filed April 4, 1901. Serial No. 54,380. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, CHARLES W. REEVES, a citizen of the United States,residingat Oolumbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Coin Weighing and CountingMachines, of which the following'is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in coinWeighing and counting machines, and is particularly adapted for use inconnection With the weighing of gold coins.

The invention aims to construct a coin weighing and counting machinewhich will automatically Weigh and separate the heavy coins from thelight ones, and, furthermore, operate a suitable means for tallying thenu mber of coins weighed or passed to the machine.

The invention further aims to construct a coin weighing and countingmachine which shall be extremely simple and efficient in its operation,strong, and durable; and to this end the invention consists of the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more specificallydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out inthe claims hereunto appended.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, whereinlike numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, and in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is atop plan. Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3 3, Fig. 1, in thedirection of the arrow. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of thecoin-separating vane.

Referring to the drawings by reference-numerals, 1 indicates the base ofthe machine, provided with a vertical support 2, having a V-shaped notch3 in its upper end to receive the knife-edged lug 4:, formed integralwith the lower face of the scale-beam 5 for supporting the latter.

The scale-beam 5 consists of an enlarged bar formed with thescrew-threaded ends 6 6', upon which are mounted the adjusting nuts orpoises 7 8. The scale-beam 5 is further provided atone side with aV-shaped projection 9, the function of which will be hereinafterreferred to.

Secured to the screw-threaded end 6 of thescale-beamisadownwardly-extendinghanger 10, suitably connected at itslower end to the inclined Weight-pan 11, the latter adapted to receivethe weight 12, which is retained upon a pan by means of the pin 12.Secured to the screw-threaded end 6' of the scale-beam 'is adownwardly-extending hanger 13, suitably connected at its lower end tothe inclined coin pan 14, the latter adapted to receive the coin 15 forweighing the same. The hangers 10 13 are each braced by means of thebrackets 15. These latter have a portion of their lower ends secured tothe inner face of the hangers and aportion of their upper ends securedto the lower face of the scale-beam 6. Connected to and extending in thesame plane as the screw-threaded end 6 of the scale-beam is a pivot-pin16, upon which is loosely mounted the coin-separating vane 17. Thelatter is provided with a coinreceiving slot 13 and has extending fromone side thereof the shifting pin 19. The outer upper corner of the vane17 is cut away, so that if the coin is fed high to the vane it willreadily enter the slot 18, or, in other Words, to prevent the coin fromcontacting with the upper portion of the vane 17.

Pivotally secured to the support 2, as at 20, is a release-lever 2i,connected by means of the link 22 to the supporting-lever 23 fortheweight-pan 11.- The lever 23 is provided at one end with avertically-extending stud 24, adapted to engage and support the pan 11.The other end of the lever 23 is connected by means of the link 25 tothe weighted end 25 of the supporting-lever 26 for the coin-pan 14. Thefree end of the lever 26 is provided with a vertically-extending stud27, adapted to engage and support the pan 14. The referencenumerals 2829 denote a pair of bearing-studs upon the base 1. The former has thelever 23 pivoted thereto and the latter the lever 26.

The support 2 is provided at one side thereof with a supporting-arm30,ca-rryin g the rockshaft 31, to which is secured the crank-arm 32,pivotally connected to one end of theelongated operating-arm 33. Mountedupona-the rock-shaft 31 is a cam 34:, which engages and operates therelease-lever 21 for operating the levers 23 26. Mounted upon therock-shaft 31, at one side of the cam 34, is the scale-beam lifting orlowering arm 35, provided at its free end with a knife-edge projection36, the latter being adapted to engage the upper face of the V-shapedprojection 9 for lowering the scale-beam carrying the coin-pan or toride against the lower face of the V-shaped projection 9 for elevatingthe end of the scalebeam carrying the coin-pan.

The reference-numeral 37 denotes a vertical standard mounted upon thebase 1 at one side of the coin-separating vane 17. The stand ard 1 isprovided with a screw-threaded upper end, as at 38, having mountedthereon a pair of stop-nuts 39 40, the operating-pin 19 for the vaneextending between the two nuts 39 40.

Arranged at the front of the coin-pan 14 is a coin-chute 41, having theinner end formed with an inclined bottom 42, registering with thecoin-pan 14. The forward end of the coinchute is provided with a slide43, connected to the outer end of the elongated operatingarm 33. Mountedupon the chute, 41, at the inner end of the slide 43, is a feed-tube 44for the coins. The slide 43 may be provided, if desired, with anypreferred form of operating means instead of merely forcing the slide inby hand-as, for example, the extending of the shaft 31 to receive agear-wheel 43, operated in any desired manner, or instead of thegearwheel43acrank-handletnaybeemployed. It is thought unnecessary toshow various forms of operating means for the slide 43, as, as stated,any preferred form of operating means for the slide may be employed.Extending across the chute 41 ,near the inner end thereof, is a shaft45, connected to any desirable form of tally mechanism and which isoperated by means of the trip-arm 46, extending into the chute. Thetrip-arm 46 is operated by means of the passage of the coin through thechute, the coin contacting with the arm, elevating the same, andimparting movement thereby to the shaft 45.

The operation of the machine is as follows: Assuming that the coin is inthe position as shown in Fig. 1, the slide 43 is pushed inwardly,forcing the coin upon the inclined bottom of the chute, slidingtherefrom to the slot 18 of the coin-separating vane 17, the coinresting upon the coin-pan 14. During the passage of the coin to the pan14 the former engages the trip-arm 46, elevates the same, rocks theshaft 45, operating thereby a suitable registering or tallyingmechanism. It will be understood that the proper weight 12. has beenplaced upon the weight-pan 11 and that the pans 11 and 14 are supportedupon the studs24 and 27 of the levers 23 and 26, respectively, as shownin Fig. 1 of the drawings. When the slide 43 is forced in the chute,itcarries the operating-arm 33 therewith, rocking the shaft 31, owing tothe connection of-the arm 33 with the crank-arm 32.

When the shaft 31 is rocked, the cam 34 therein will be rotated, forcingthe end of the release-lever 21 downwardly, elevating thereby the links22 25 and the inner ends of the levers 23 26, lowering the studs 24 27from their engagement with the pans 11 14. Simultaneous with theoperation of the levers 21 23 26 the shaft 31 will swing the lifting orlowering arm 35 upwardly to engage either the upper or lower face of theV-shaped projection 9 upon the scale-beam 5. When the coin fed to thecoin-pan 14 is lighter than the weight 12, the latter will elevate thepan 14; but if the weight of the coin is greater than that of the weight12 the former will lower the pan 14. When the pan 14 is elevated, theend of the arm 35 rides against the lower face of the V-shapedprojection and assists in elevating the pan 14. YVhen the pan 14 islowered, the end of the arm 35 engages with the upper face of theV-shaped projection 9 and assists in lowering the pan 14. The coins areseparated in the following manner: When the end of the scale-beamcarrying the pan 14 and vane 17 is lowered, the shifting pin 19 engagesthe nut 40, causing the vane 17, owing to it being loosely mounted uponthe pin 16, to swing to the left, permitting the coin of proper weightto be discharged from the vane at the left side of the coin-pan. Whenthe end of the scale-beam carrying the pan 14 and vane 17 is elevated,the shifting pin 19 engages the nut 39, causing the vane 17 to swing tothe right, permitting the light coin to be discharged from the vane atthe right side of the coin-pan.

It will be evident from the foregoing operation that as the coins arefed to the scalepan to be weighed the light coins will be automaticallyseparated from the coins of proper weight, or vice versa, by thedistributing of the coins in themanner above described. At each side ofthe coin-pan may be arranged a tallying mechanism, so as the coins areseparated and fall upon the same a separate record may be kept of thenumber of light and proper weight coins weighed and that the aggregatenumber of the coins will indicate the number of the coins weighed.

It is thought the many advantages of my improved coin weighing andcounting machine for separating light-weight from properweight coins aswell as counting the number of coins weighed can be readily understoodfrom the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, and it will alsobe noted that variousminorchanges may be made in the details of construction withoutdeparting from the general spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- pans, means for supporting saidpans, a coin separating vane, releasing means for said supporting means,and means for operating said vane for separating coins.

2. In a machine of the character described, a weighing mechanism, a coinseparating vane pivotally connected thereto and means for oscillatingsaid mechanism causing thereby the operation of said vane for separatingcoins.

3. In a machine ofthe character described, a weighing mechanism, aseries of levers for supporting the same in an inoperative position,means for releasing said levers, means for operating said weighingmechanism when said levers are released, and pivotal means carried bysaid mechanism for separating coins when the weighing mechanism isoscillated.

4. In a machine of the character described, a weighing mechanism, meansfor supporting the same in an inoperative position, releasing mechanismfor said supporting means, operating means for said releasing mechanism,an arm for oscillating said weighing mechanism, and means for separatingcoins when the weighing mechanism is operated.

5. In a machine of the character described, a Weighing mechanism, meansfor supporting the same in an inoperative position, releasing mechanismfor said supporting means, operating means for said releasing mechanism,means for oscillating said weighing mechanism, a vane adapted to receivethe coin to be weighed, and means for operating said vane for separatingthe coins when the weighing mechanism is operated.

6. In a machine of the character described, a weighing mechanism, meansfor supporting the same in an inoperative position, releasing mechanismfor said supporting means, means for separating coins when the weighingmech anism is operated, a chute for the passage of the coins to saidseparating means, and means operated by the passage of the coins to theseparating means for operating a suit-able registering mechanism. 7 7.In a machine of the character described, a weighing mechanism, means forseparating coins pivotally connected to said mechanism, means contactingwith said coin-separating means for operating the same, a chute for thepassage-of the coins to said coin-separating means, mechanism forsupporting the weighing mechanism in an inoperative position, and meansfor releasing said supporting mech anism.

8. In a machine of the character described, a weighing mechanism, aseries of levers for supporting said mechanism in an inoperativeposition, a coin-separating vane pivotally connected to said weighingmechanism, a shifting pin carried by said vane, means contact ing withsaid pin for operating said vane, means for feeding coins to said vane,and means for releasing said levers when said feeding means is operated.

9. In a machine of the character described, a weighing mechanism, aseries of levers for supporting said mechanism in an inoperativeposition, a standard, a pair of stop-nuts carried thereby, acoin-separating vane pivotally connected to said weighing mechanism, ashifting pin adapted to engage the nuts for operating the vane, meansfor feeding coins to said vane, and means for releasing said levers whensaid feeding means is operated.

'10. In a machine of the character described, a weighing mechanism, aseries oflevers for supporting said mechanism in an inoperativeposition, a standard, a pair of stop-nuts carried thereby, acoinsepa'rating vane pivotally connected with said weighing mechanism, ashifting pin adapted to engage the nuts for operating the vane, an armengaging said mechanism for oscillating the same, means for feedingcoins to said vane, means operated by the passage of the coin to saidvane for operating a suitable registering mechanism, and means operatedby said coin-feeding means for releasing said levers and operating saidarm.

11." In a device of the character described, a'weighing mechanismnormally in an inoperative position, a coin-separating means pivotallyconnected to said mechanism, releasing means for said weighingmechanism, and means for operating said coin separating means inopposite directions.

12. In a device of the character described, a weighing mechanismnormally held in an inoperative position, a coin-separatin g meanspivotally connected to said mechanism, means for releasing saidmechanism to permit of the operation thereof, and means for operatingsaid coin-separating means when the weighing mechanism is released.

13. In a device of the character described, a weighing mechanism, acoinseparating means carried thereby, releasing means for said weighingmechanism, and a pair of stopnuts for operating said coin-separatingmeans in opposite directions.

14. In a device of the character described, a weighing mechanism, meansfor retaining said mechanism in an inoperative position, acoin-separatin g means pivotally connected to said weighing mechanism,releasing means for said retaining means, and a pair of stopnuts foroperating said coin-separating means in opposite directions.

15. In a device of the character described, a weighing mechanismnormally in an inoperative position, means for releasing said weighingmechanism to permit of the operation thereof, a coin-separating meanspivotally connected to said weighing mechanism, a pair of stop-nutsarranged in suitable relation to said coin=separating means, and ashifting pin carried by said coin-separating means and adapted to engagesaid stop-nuts for operating the coin-separating means.

16. In a device of the character described, a weighing mechanism, acoin-separating means, a releasing means for said weighing mechanism, apair of stop-nuts mounted in suitable 'relation to said separatingmeans, and a pin carried by said separating means and adapted to engagesaid nuts for operating the former.

17. In a device of the character described, a scale-beam provided withWeight and coin pans, means for supporting said pans, a coinseparatingvane pivotally connected tolsaid scale-beam, releasing means for saidsupporting means, and a pair of stop-nuts for operating said vane forseparating coins.

18. In a device of the character described, a scale-beam provided withweight and coin pans, means for supporting said pans, releasingmechanism for said supporting means, operating means for said releasingmechanism, an arm for oscillating said scale-beam, a coin-separatingvane pivotally connectedto said scale-beam, a pin carried by said vane,and a pair of stop-nuts that may be engaged by the said pin foroperating the said vane.

19. In a machine of the character described, a scale-beam provided withweight and coin pans, a projection connected to said beam, means forsupporting said pans, releasing mechanism for said supporting means,operating means for said releasing mechanism, an arm engaging saidprojection for oscillating said beam, a coin-separating vane connectedwith said beam, a pin carried thereby, and a pair of stop-nuts engagedby the said pin for operating said vane.

20. In a machine of the character described, a scale-beam provided withWeight and coin pans, a projection connected thereto, means forsupporting said pans, a cam, means engaged by said cam for releasingsaid supporting means, operating means for said cam, an arm engagingsaid projection for oscillating said Weighing mechanism, acoin-separating vane connected with said beam, and means for operatingsaid vane for separating coins.

21. In a machine of the character described, a scale-beam provided withweight. and coin pans, a projection connected thereto, means forsupporting said pans, a cam, means engaged by said cam for releasingsaid supporting means, operating means for said cam, an arm engagingsaid projection for oscillating said Weighing mechanism, acoin-separating vane connected with said weighing mechanism, a pincarried thereby, and means engaged by the said pin for causing theoperation of the said vane.

22. In a machine of the character described, a scale-beam provided withweight and coin pans, a projection connected thereto, means forsupporting said pans, a cam, means engaged by said cam for releasingsaid supporting means, operating means for said cam, an arm engagingsaid projection for oscillating said Weighing mechanism, acoin-separating vane pivotally connected to said beam, a pin carried bysaid vane, and a pair of stop-nuts mounted in suitable relation to saidvane and adapted to be engaged by the said pin for operating the former.

23. In a machine of the character described, a scale-beam provided withweight and coin pans and a pair of adj usting-poises, a series of leversfor supporting said pans, a coin-separating vane pivotally connected tothe said beam, releasing means for said levers, and means for operatingsaid vane for separating coins.

24. In a machine of the character described, a scale-beam provided withWeight and coin pans and adj usting-poises, a series of levers forsupporting said pans, a coin-separating vane pivotally connected to saidbeam, means for releasing said levers, an arm engaging the said beam foroscillating the same, a pin connected to said vane, and a pair ofstop-nuts mounted in suitable relation to said vane and engaged by saidpin for operating the former.

25. In a machine of the character described, a weighing mechanism, meansfor separating coins pivotally connected to said mechanism, meanscontacting with said coin-separating means for operating the same, achute for the passage of the coins to said separating means, a series oflevers for supporting the weighing mechanism in an inoperative position,a cam, means engaged by said cam for releasing said levers, a rod foroperating said cam, and a slide for forcing coins through the chute andfor operating the said rod.

26. In a machine of the characterdescribed, a weighing mechanism, meansfor separating coins pivotally connected to said mechanism, meanscontact-ing with said coin-separating means for operating the same, achute for the passage of the coins to said separating means, a series oflevers for supporting the weighing mechanism in an inoperative position,a cam, means engaged by said cam for releasing said levers, an armconnected to said cam for oscillating said weighing mechanism, a rod foroperating said cam, and a slide for forcing coins through the chute andfor operating the said rod.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CHARLES W. REEVES. Witnesses:

LINooLN FRITTER, MATTIE M. HEADLEY.

